[9/11/00 9:52am Ver. 3 of script for Darkness Falls] FADE IN: EXT. THE PIT - DUSK It is a gloomy, overcast day. A few students mill about the Pit, but not as many as usual. The Undergrad Library is in the background. As the students move about we close in and see: a white student, he sits with his back facing the library so he can see the whole area clearly. He watches everyone. His name is MEHMET. We are SUCKED TOWARDS Mehmet CLOSER, and CLOSER, and CLOSER, until all we see are his EYES, moving back and forth, watching. We ZOOM IN on the PUPIL until all we are swallowed by the blackness and fall-- Falling through blackness that becomes-- The grill on a speaker of a radio. RADIO ANNOUNCER (VO) ...once again, students, the Chapel Hill Police urge you to stay inside until these mysterious killings are solved. With three suspected killers behind bars, police are now claiming that the recent disappearances of several local citizens and now the death of three students on UNC's campus may be the result of cult killings. No further information... We drift back from the radio to-- INT. VANESSA'S DORM Half of the dorm room is tidy. The other half is overrun with posters, clothes, and books. Dark candles burn, wax dripping down their sides. Incense burns in a skeletal incense holder. On the floor sits a girl and two guys. They are sitting around an ouija board. The girl is ROSE, she has black hair and is gothic all the way. The guys are VINCE and PAUL. Vince is wearing black. Paul is dressed like a prep. VANESSA sits alone on the bed on the tidy side of the room. She is a blonde and looks... normal. A nightstand with a lamp and picture of her and Rose stands next to the bed. ROSE Oh come on, Vanessa, don't be a wus. PAUL Yeah, for real, loosen up! VANESSA I don't like those things. VINCE They can't hurt you, give it a chance. VANESSA Uh, no thanks. I'll just watch you guys. PAUL Come on-- ROSE Ahh, leave her alone. Rose shoots Vanessa a look of understanding. Vanessa smiles. VANESSA Thanks. ROSE Okay, what should we ask? VINCE Depends on who you want to contact. Vince slides a hand on Rose's leg. VINCE (whispering) I know who I want to contact. ROSE (whispering back) Oh, please, can we get more cheesy there, hun? Rose puts her hand over Vince's and moves it further up her leg. PAUL How about Jerry Garcia. VINCE Man, whatever. Come on, think of something good. ROSE I know. Lets try to contact Jake Simpson. VANESSA Rose... PAUL The Jake Simpson? VINCE Who is Jake? ROSE He is the first kid that got killed here on campus by that cult or whatever. They found him with his neck snapped. PAUL Neck snapped? About twisted off you mean. I heard the only thing keeping it on was his esophagus, it was too tough to rip off. VANESSA Ok, I'm leaving, this is sick. ROSE No, 'Nessa, wait. He'll behave. Right Paul? Rose shoots Paul a glace that says behave or else. Paul nods. ROSE Okay, here we go. VANESSA Pray first. ROSE What? VANESSA Say a prayer... so you don't get anything evil. ROSE Pray to who? Vanessa looks at her blankly. ROSE Dear God, please don't let us get anything bad. Paul snorts and chuckles. Vanessa sighs, and flops down on the bed and stares at the ceiling. A spider creeps under the door and along the floorboard. ROSE Ok. Everybody put a finger on the viewer thing. VANESSA The planchette. (plon-chet) PAUL How do you know? Vanessa doesn't answer him. Rose, Paul, and finally Vince put a finger on the viewer. ROSE Now just relax, it will move itself. Okay, Jake Simpson, we call you. Come to us. We have questions we wish to ask of you. They wait. Nothing happens. PAUL You sure this is how this thing works? Vince shrugs. ROSE Jake Simpson. We Rose Earnhart, Vince Henry, and Paul Van Buren summon you! "Summon you", ECHOS. EXT. THE PIT - NIGHT We follow the echo out to the pit. Only a few students are out. Mehmet is still sitting there. We are DRAWN into his face super fast. His EYES suddenly come alive, aware. "Summon you", ECHOS in his head. INT. VANESSA'S DORM VINCE It's not working. ROSE Shhh! The three sit and watch the OUIJA BOARD. Slowly, ever so slowly, the view starts to move. The planchette moves over the letter J. The planchette moves over the letter A. The planchette moves over the letter K. The planchette moves over the letter E. The planchette moves over the letter S. ROSE Jake's The planchette moves over the letter N. The planchette moves over the letter O. The planchette moves over the letter T. ROSE Not The planchette moves over the letter H. The planchette moves over the letter E. The planchette moves over the letter R. The planchette moves over the letter E. ROSE Here? At that Vanessa sits up in the bed and pays attention. The spider suddenly scurries off, out under the door. PAUL What the hell is that supposed to mean? ROSE Beats me. What should we ask it? VINCE If he isn't Jake who is he? PAUL Ask him if he knows my mother. ROSE Geez, you guys are sexist. You don't even know if it is a him. Their fingers still rest on the viewer. It does not move. ROSE Still there? The planchette moves over the letter Y. The planchette moves over the letter E. The planchette moves over the letter S. ROSE Do you know Jake? The planchette moves over the letter Y. The planchette moves over the letter E. The planchette moves over the letter S. ROSE (to Mehmet/Paul) What were the other kid's names? PAUL Rick Bosley and Carolyn Garland. I knew them both. ROSE Do you know Rick Bosley or Carolyn Garland? The planchette moves over the letter Y. The planchette moves over the letter E. The planchette moves over the letter S. VINCE Oh my. Paul grins. ROSE How do you know them? The planchette moves over the letter I. The planchette moves over the letter M. VINCE (said slowly as it is spelled out) I'm S-E-A-R-C-H-I-N-G Everyone looks confused. ROSE What are you searching for? The planchette moves over the letter S. The planchette moves over the letter O. The planchette moves over the letter M... Everyone watches the board. PAUL Someone. He is searching for someone, well that helps. ROSE Maybe he knows. VINCE Knows what? ROSE The killer! VINCE What?! PAUL Man, if we found out who the killer is we'd be heroes! ROSE Lets ask! Who is killing everyone around here? The planchette moves slowly over the letter M. The planchette moves slowly, very slowly over the letter E. There is dead silence. Everyone looks at one another. VANESSA Ask him what he wants. ROSE Wha-- Rose's sentence ends in white wisp of breath Chill bumps appear on their arms. The candles flicker out. Each breath leaves a white whip as it leaves their body. Vince takes his arm off of Rose and rubs his other arm briskly. VANESSA Ask him what he wants! No one moves. They seem to be stuck in space and time. A wind picks up in the room. Vanessa lunges to the board and puts her finger on the planchette. VANESSA What do you want? An ominous voice ECHOS through the room. VOICE Ahhhhh!!! Finally! VANESSA What do you want? The planchette races to the letter Y. It jerks their arms it moves so suddenly and fast. The planchette races to the letter O. The planchette races to the letter U. VOICE Yooouuuuu! INTERCUT MEHMET RUNNING ACROSS CAMPUS AND THE FOUR FRIENDS UNC CAMPUS "You" ECHOS out into the night. A man runs full speed toward the dorm. We SPEED ZOOM in. It is Mehmet. The "You" ECHOS in his head. His face is twisted into a look of pure evil. IN THE ROOM The wind picks up to a crescendo. Papers fly everywhere. The wind picks up the ouija board and flings it across the room. As soon at the board hits the wall the wind dies, as suddenly as it started. The candles flicker back on. Vanessa clambers to her feet. VANESSA We have to get out of here, now! PAUL I'm all for that. Rose's EYES are wide. Vince jumps up and grabs Rose's hand. He pulls he, but she won't budge. VANESSA Rose! Come on! He knows where we are. Come on, we have to go now! OUTSIDE THE DORM Mehmet tries to open the doors. They don't open; they are locked. He paces back in forth in front of the door, like an animal, a predator. IN THE ROOM Vanessa and Vince are pulling on Rose. Something is obviously wrong with her. Rose won't budge. They are getting frantic. OUTSIDE THE DORM A girl comes out the door at the other end of the building. Vince rushes, but the door clicks back shut right before he gets there. The girl hurries away. IN THE ROOM The candles flicker back out. Chill bumps appear on their arms, again. Paul hugs himself and shivers. Each breath leaves a white whip as it leaves their body. Rose's face is blank. She doesn't notice the cold. Suddenly her faces widens in surprise, her back arches and she cries out. OUTSIDE THE DORM A couple guys come out the door. Vince charges the door, knocking both men down as he enters. IN THE ROOM Paul and Vince are trying to lift Rose and carry her. Vanessa bounces impatiently. STAIRWELL AND HALLWAY Mehmet tears up the stairs. He burst through the top door, Vanessa's floor. He looks both ways. He stops and takes a moment. He looks in odd directions. Mehmet runs to the right. He arrives at Vanessa's door completely out of breath. No one is in the room. LOUD INDUSTRIAL MUSIC comes from the room across the hall. Mehmet slams his hand in the wall. The bones in his hand CRUNCH. A smear of blood marks the wall where he hit. Mehmet snarls. STAIRWELL Vince has Rose thrown over his shoulder. Vanessa, Paul and he are running down the back stairs. END INTERCUT INT. VANESSA'S DORM ROOM Mehmet walks in and surveys the room. His eyes come to a stop on a picture on a nightstand next to Vanessa's bed. He mutters something. It sounds like Turkish. He walks over to the picture. INSERT - VANESSA'S PICTURE The picture is of Vanessa and Rose. Vanessa's arm is around Rose. She wears a gold and diamond bracelet on her arm. BACK TO SCENE Mehmet squeezes the picture frame with his good hand. The frame bends and the glass shatters as it is crushed. Mehmet turns and walks out. INT. DORM HALLWAY A PRETTY GIRL staggers out of the room across from Vanessa's. Mehmet can still barely breath he ran so hard. She holds a bottle of Absolute Vodka in her hand. PRETTY GIRL Hey! What'cha doing? She giggles and looks back in to her room. Mehmet stares at her, still trying to catch his breath. The girl turns back around. PRETTY GIRL We're having a party, wanna join us? The girl notices Vanessa's open door, and the blood on the wall. PRETTY GIRL Oh? I- Mehmet reaches up and touches the girl. INT. NETHERWORLD The nether world is a gray world, where the only thing visible is gray clouds rushing by. A girl's SCREAM ECHOS in the nether world. INT. HALLWAY Suddenly the girl snarls. Mehmet has a look of shock and confusion on his face. He looks up blankly at the girl. He shakes his head. VICTOR But... The girl bolts down the hall. She runs a little crooked and slams into the wall and hits the ground hard. MEHMET ...That's me. Mehmet looks at his hands. MEHMET Ah?! Ahh! The girl, now Mehmet(2) stands unsteadily. She throws the bottle of vodka down and tries to run down the hall. She comes to the door of the back stairwell, and goes thru. INT. BACK STAIRWELL Mehmet(2) races down the stairwell. She stops and tries to regain her orientation. Her world is spinning. A TALL GUY is coming up the stairs as she does this. She sees him. When he passes she lunges at him and grabs his arm. INT. NETHERWORLD A guy's SCREAM ECHOS in the nether world. INT. BACK STAIRWELL A snarl forms on the tall guy's lips. TALL GUY Drunk Bitch. He violently shoves the girl down. She bangs her head on the wall, and slides down the it leaving a small trail of blood. The guy, now Mehmet(3), runs down the stairs and out into the night. EXT. OUTSIDE BACK OF DORM - NIGHT A lone guy walks along the sidewalk. There is no one else in sight. A GROWL comes from deep in the Mehmet(3)'s chest. His EYES search. We ZOOM IN on the PUPIL until all we are swallowed and fall-- Falling through blackness that becomes-- The spine of a black book. INT. WILSON LIBRARY RARE BOOK SECTION SUPER: Two days later. Vanessa's hand reaches up and pulls the book off the shelf. A LIBRARIAN stands next to her. Vanessa opens the book. It is in a strange language. The librarian takes a look at the book and shrugs. LIBRARIAN This is it. Good luck on reading it, though. Unless you know Romanian I doubt it will do you much good. VANESSA Great, just great! Vanessa paces a moment looking at the book. VANESSA Hey, can I take it to a professor and have him read it? LIBRARIAN Sorry, we can't let these books leave the library. VANESSA Please? The librarian shakes her head. VANESSA Please! It's very important. I'll bring it back. LIBRARIAN I don't know if we can take that chance-- VANESSA Here... Vanessa takes off a gold bracelet and holds it up. Diamonds sparkle in the dim library light. VANESSA ...Take this. It was a gift from my father. It's all I have left of him. I WILL be back for it. The librarian looks at Vanessa. She takes the bracelet, and holds it up examining it. LIBRARIAN Okay. Okay, but you have two days. Two, you hear me? If you don't get that book back to me on time this is mine! VANESSA Oh, thank you. I'll bring it back, promise! Vanessa shoves the book in her backpack and rushes out. LIBRARIAN (shouting after her) And be careful with it! The librarian stands there. She shakes her head and chuckles. She lays the bracelet over her wrist and admires it. SIX ROWS OVER Mehmet(3) browses the books. He stops looks up, and puts his nose in the air, sniffing. INT. HOSPITAL ROOM Rose lies on a hospital bed, the covers pulled up tight around her neck. Beads of sweat roll off her forehead. Her eyes are closed. She mutters in a strange language. She tosses and turns in her sleep. EXT. OUTSIDE WILSON LIBRARY Vanessa starts to walk over to Dey Hall. Vince sits talking with a girl on the wall outside Dey. He notices Vanessa. VINCE Hey! VANESSA Vince! Vince says something to the girl and walks over to Vanessa. VANESSA Hey, how is Rose? I'm sorry, I've been so busy I-- Vince holds up a hand. VINCE It's okay, I understand. Student health is still looking at her. They transferred her to the main hospital. They're having a specialist brought in. How are you? Any luck? VANESSA No. I still don't know why he was after me. I mean, I don't even know where to look to find out. I just got this book from Wilson, but it is in Romanian. I have to have it translated. VINCE Romanian? VANESSA Yeah. It's weird. I don't remember much about my father, but I do remember him talking to my mother one night. They thought I was asleep. He was very upset. I remember it clearly because of what he said. He said I should have been a boy, that I was now the last of his line. So, since I hit a dead end with everything else, I started tracing my genealogy. I dunno, I figured maybe it wasn't me it wanted, but my family. Vince looks back at his friend. She is waiting patiently. VINCE Well, let me know if I can do anything, okay? Vanessa nods. VINCE Anything, okay? VANESSA Okay. Vince waves goodbye and Vanessa walks up to Dey. INT. WILSON LIBRARY RARE BOOKS SECTION Mehmet(3) walks down the aisle looking down the rows of books. He passes the librarian, she is putting books on a shelf. He looks down two more rows. No one is there. Mehmet (3) backs up to the row with the librarian. He studies her. She is wearing Vanessa's bracelet. It hangs loosely on her arm as she puts a book in place on the shelf. She turns and looks at Mehmet. FLASHBACK - PICTURE OF VANESSA AND ROSE. Mehmet holds the picture of Vanessa and Rose once again. He sees the bracelet on Vanessa arm this time. END FLASHBACK Mehmet(3) walks up to the Librarian. He reaches out and grabs her head, his palm on her forehead. The librarian reaches up to knock his hand away, then suddenly her eyes go wide. Her head starts to shake. MONTAGE - FROM LIBRARIANS POV -- Vanessa pulls the book down from the self. -- Vanessa holds up the bracelet. -- Librarian's hand reaches out. -- Vanessa stuffs the book in her bag and leaves. END MONTAGE VICTOR(3) Vaaaaneeeesssaaaa! He pushes the librarian down. She crumples on the floor. Mehmet's handprint is burned in her head, and is smoking. Her eyes are rolled back in her head. INT. DEY HALL Vanessa walks down the hall looking at numbers over doors. She stops at 228. The door is ajar. She knocks. A MUFFLED VOICE calls out. It is PROFESSOR KUSIAK. PROFESSOR KUSIAK Come in. Vanessa pushes the door open. INT. PROFESSOR KUSIAK'S OFFICE Books are stacked everywhere. The room is lined with shelves overflowing with books. Books are stacked on the floor and his desk. The professor is sitting with his head down. Without looking up he waves Vanessa in. He has a red pen in his hand and is marking on a stack of papers. A moment later he looks up. PROFESSOR KUSIAK Yes? Do I know you? VANESSA No, but I was told you might be able to help me. PROFESSOR KUSIAK Very well, have a seat and I'll be with you in a second. Vanessa looks to the only chair in the room. A pile of books rests in it. She looks back at the professor. He doesn't notice her. Sighing, she slips the book out of her backpack and waits. A moment later the professor finishes with his papers, he puts them neatly aside and turns his attention to Vanessa. PROFESSOR KUSIAK Ok, now what is it? VANESSA I need someone who can read this to help me. She hands the book across the desk. The professor takes it. Upon looking at it he immediately perks up. PROFESSOR KUSIAK Where did you get this? VANESSA A gift. PROFESSOR KUSIAK (whistles) Nice gift. The professor flips through the book, pausing on a few pages. Vanessa fidgets impatiently. The professor looks up. PROFESSOR KUSIAK Oh, sorry. What was it you needed, again. Vanessa points to the book. PROFESSOR Oh, yes. What exactly did you need to know. He goes back to reading. VANESSA Well, it's a long story, but to make it brief I was tracing my genealogy, and I kept hitting dead-ends where this book was always referred to. PROFESSOR This book? Vanessa nods PROFESSOR You sure? VANESSA Yes. Why? PROFESSOR (short laugh) Well, you have a very interesting family indeed. VANESSA Why? PROFESSOR This is the personal genealogy of Vlad Tepes (tse-pesh) III. VANESSA Who? PROFESSOR Ha! Some ancestor you make. You don't even know who Vlad Tepes is? VANESSA Sorry. PROFESSOR (sighs) I suppose you shouldn't know... Dracula, my dear. If what you told me is true, then it appears you are somehow related to the real life Dracula. Probably the great, great, great, great, great, great... well you get the idea. About eleven greats, I'd guess, great-granddaughter, or grandniece, of Dracula himself. VANESSA But I thought-- PROFESSOR Dracula was just a myth? Vanessa nods. INTERCCUT/OVERLAY PROFESSOR'S SPEACH WITH PICTURES OF DRACULA. PICTURES: - Vlad portrait, and Vlad on a coin - Dracula dines while Turks are impaled. - Family Tree - Empty Tomb? PROFESSOR Well, he is, to an extent. I mean all this vampire, Brom Stoker stuff, yeah, none of that is real. But like most myths they originated from real people. Vlad III of Romania. Dracula, son of the Dragon, or Devil, depending on the translation. He was real. A hero to the Romanians of his time. He was the only man alive during his time that could hold back the assault of the Turks. He kept Romania free when the rest of Europe was being overrun. His methods may have been a little extreme, but if you ask me he was a brilliant man, a protector of his people. END INTERCUT VANESSA (to herself) But why would he want me? PROFESSOR Huh? Who? Dracula? VANESSA Oh, nothing professor. Thanks, you've been a ton of help. PROFESSOR Well, okay. If I can do anything else for you let me know. It's not everyday one gets to meet a descendant of an absolute legend. VANESSA Well, I better go. She reaches for the book. The professor strains to hand it over. Vanessa takes it and pulls. The professor doesn't let go. PROFESSOR Maybe I can hold on to this for you. You still want to know more about your ancestry, yes? VANESSA Yeah, maybe that is a good idea. Okay, but I have to have it back tomorrow. PROFESSOR Yeah, yeah... The professor is already reading the book. Vanessa pulls out a pen and writes her name and cell phone number down on a piece of paper. She quietly places it in front of the professor and walks out. INT. HOSPITAL ROOM Rose lies in her hospital bed mumbling in her sleep. She pushes back the covers. She is wearing her hospital gown. Suddenly she sits straight up. Her eyes go wide. She starts speaking in a strange language, once again, and ends with... ROSE ...Vanessa! She swings her legs over the bed. EXT. DEY HALL - DAY Vanessa walks down the steps of Dey hall. Vince and his friend sit on the wall still. From across the way Mehmet(3) comes downs the steps of Wilson. Mehmet(3) looks up. He sees Vanessa. A smile widens on his face. He jogs down the stairs and bolts toward Vanessa. Vanessa walks over to Vince and starts to say something. She looks up and notices Mehmet(3) charging toward her. Vince looks at Vanessa. Seeing her distracted he turns and looks. Mehmet(3) is within twenty feet and closing fast. Vanessa backs away, watching. Vince stands. Mehmet(3) jumps the wall, and slows to a walk. His focus is purely on Vanessa. Vince moves to stand in between them. Without slowing Mehmet(3) puts one hand on Vince's chest and shoves. Vince flies back. VANESSA Who are you? What do you want? Mehmet(3) closes in. Vanessa make a cross with her index fingers. VANESSA Stay away. Mehmet(3) laughs. VICTOR Vlad, your line has just come to an end. I shall have my peace at last, you bastard! Mehmet(3) lunges at Vanessa. His hand is inches from her neck when Vince flies in from the side and hits Mehmet(3) with a full body tackle. They land in a tangled heap on the sidewalk. Vanessa turns and bolts. Mehmet(3) and Vince wrestle on the ground. Mehmet(3) gets up first and kicks Vince in the face. Vince collapses back on the ground. Mehmet(3) looks around. Vanessa runs toward the Bell Tower, she is almost to the street. VICTOR (In Turkish) Fuck! Mehmet(3) kicks Vince hard in the side, and takes up the chase. EXT. BELL TOWER - DAY Vanessa runs across the street and into the thick bushes around the bell tower. A POLICE OFFICER and girl SKATEBOARDER are standing on the corner. The officer holds the skateboard and is talking to the girl. Mehmet charges down the hill. Vanessa runs down the aisle between two rows of bushes. Mehmet reaches the bottom of the hill and runs recklessly across the street. A car narrowly misses him. The police officer sees Mehmet and calls out. POLICE OFFICER Hey, son. Watch where you run! Mehmet flips the officer off. POLICE OFFICER Hey, you son of a bitch! Come here! Mehmet goes into the bushes. The officer gives chase, skateboard still in hand SKATEBOARDER Wait! My skateboard! The skateboarder follows the officer. EXT. UNC HOSPITALS - DAY Rose walks along the side of the road. Her face stares blankly forward. She still wears the hospital gown. EXT. BELL TOWER - DAY Vanessa looks back, she sees Mehmet flip the office off, and ducks down. Keeping low, hiding behind the bushes, she runs. Mehmet trots to the end of a row of bushes out of breath. He looks around, but no Vanessa. He gets down on his hands and knees and looks under the foliage, Vanessa runs by a few rows over. VICTOR Got you. The officer comes up behind Mehmet. OFFICE Get up son. Mehmet twists and looks up at the officer. He snarls. Mehmet spews a curse in Turkish with a guttural growl. The officer backs up, putting his hand on his gun. He bumps into the skateboarder, and spins. The skateboarder backs away. The officer turns back around. Mehmet's fist plows into the officer's nose. The officer staggers back. Mehmet steps in, grabs the man's head and violently snaps his neck. He is still breathing hard. Mehmet looks down at the girl, she stares up at him, her mouth open wide in shock and fear. Mehmet grins. Her reaches out and grabs her shoulder. INT. NETHERWORLD A girl's SCREAM ECHOS through the netherworld. EXT BELLTOWER - DAY A snarl forms on the skateboarder's lips. She grabs the skateboard. The tall guy (Mehmet(3)) backs away, hands out to ward off the girl. He turns and runs down the aisle and around the corner of bushes. The skateboarder, now Mehmet(4), squeezes through the bushes. She comes out on the other side, one aisle over. The tall guy runs toward her looking back over his shoulder. Mehmet(4) grabs the skateboard by the tail like a bat, and holds it over her shoulder. Still running, the tall guy turns backs around. He sees the girl right as she swings the skateboard with all her force right at the man's knees. The blow stops the tall guy right in his tracks, and summersaults him over the skateboard. He hits the ground with a loud THUD. Mehmet(4) comes and stands over him. She looks at him, then raises the skateboard high and smashes it down on his face. The board hits his face with a loud CRACK, and breaks in half. The tall guy jerks, then lays still. The skateboarder gets down and looks through the bushes, but there is no sign of Vanessa. EXT. CORNER OF S. COLUMBIA AND SOUTH ST. - NIGHT SUPER: LATER THAT NIGHT. Rose walks down the sidewalk. She turns the corner and walks down the street toward the Bell Tower. The back of her gown is open but she doesn't seem to care. INT. VENABLE COMPUTER LAB Vanessa sits at a PC, her back to the wall where she can see the entrance. On the monitor Netscape Navigator displays a site about Vlad Tepes, his picture looms large on the monitor. Vanessa's eyes grow heavy. Her cell phone rings. Vanessa jerks back awake, and pulls out the phone and hits a button. INTERCUT VANESSA AND PROFESSOR KUSIAK'S CONVERSATION VANESSA Hello? PROFESSOR KUSIAK Vanessa? The professor sits in his office. He chews on the end of a red pen. VANESSA Yeah? PROFESSOR KUSIAK This is Professor Kusiak. VANESSA Did you find anything? PROFESSOR KUSIAK Well, most of the book was a big family tree. They kept meticulous notes on genealogy, but the only thing that stood out was a particular legend. In the final battle with the Turks in which he was killed, Dracula apparently cursed the Turkish General Mehmet, vowing to come back for revenge. This may be where some of the vampire legends came from. What I didn't know is that the general also cursed Dracula, vowing to wipe out Dracula's line forever for the atrocities he committed. The general claimed he would track down and killed every last descendant of Vlad's. He was killed in the same battle, though. So much for curses I guess. VANESSA Wow. Thanks Professor. PROFESSOR KUSIAK Well, I hope that helps you're research. You certainly have a lively family tree. If there is anything I can do for you let me know, okay? The professor bites too hard into his pen and red ink leaks out all over his mouth. He doesn't notice. VANESSA Okay, bye. PROFESSOR KUSIAK Bye. EXT. VENABLE - NIGHT Mehmet(4) walks bye. Suddenly she stops and looks around. A grin widens across her face. EXT. BETWEEN BELL TOWER AND DEY HALL - NIGHT Rose walks up the stairs from the bell tower. INT. VENABLE Vanessa comes down the stairs from the computer lab and walks down the hall. Mehmet(4) comes in the door. Two big students come down the stairs from the computer lab. They are FAT STUDENT and BIG STUDENT. The big student is looking at some papers and bumps into Mehmet(4). Mehmet(4) grabs the guy by the arm, spins around pulling the guy and smashes him into the wall, knocking him out. He hits the floor with a THUD. The fat student's mouth drops. FAT STUDENT What the f--. Mehmet(4) grabs him by the shirt and thigh, picks him up and throws him. The fat student flies into the wall. A loud CRACK is heard and he crashes to the floor. Vanessa turns and looks. She sees the girl skateboarder. The girls charges Vanessa. Vanessa turns and runs. As they near the end of the hall the girl jumps and tackles Vanessa's legs. Mehmet(4) jumps to her feet, grabs Vanessa and holds her up against the wall. Vanessa's feet dangle in the air. VICTOR(4) Finally. After all these years! (she grins) You are mine! Mehmet(4) draws her fist back to punch. Behind her the doors to Venable blow open. Rose stands in the doorway. ROSE Mehmet! Rose's voice is husky, and male. Mehmet(4) turns and looks. VICTOR(4) Vlad! Mehmet(4) drops Vanessa and spins to face Rose. ROSE I believe we have some unfinished business to attend to. Rose comes forward. Mehmet(4) backs down the hall. As Rose draws near Mehmet(4) lashes out. Rose dodges to the side and kicks Mehmet in the stomach. Mehmet(4) flies back into the wall with a loud THUD. Mehmet(4) lands on her feet and seems unphased. She runs at Rose and throws a left/right combo. Rose blocks the first, but catches the second in the stomach. The blow sends her flying back. She lands on her ass and slides back across the floor. Vanessa watches in rapt fascination. Rose stands as Mehmet(4) charges. Fists and kicks fly, but each is countered. Mehmet grabs Rose by the throat and lifts her off the ground, getting ready to slam her down. Rose kicks out and hits Mehmet in the groin. She drops Rose and bends over in pain. Rose quickly grabs Mehmet(4) in a guillotine, and then drops to the floor in a DDT. Mehmet's head hits with a CRACK and she goes limp. Rose flips Mehmet over and straddles her, pinning her arms to the floor. Mehmet shakes her head and blinks her eyes. ROSE You never could beat me, Mehmet. Rose spits in Mehmet's face, and drawn back and punches her right in the nose. Mehmet's world temporarily goes black. As she regains her sight Rose punches her again. Mehmet's eyes roll back in her head and her mouth hangs open. Rose leans down and puts her mouth over Mehmet's and sucks. INT. NETHERWORLD A guy's SCREAM ECHOS LOUDLY through the nether world. A male's LAUGH joins the scream. INT. VENABLE HALLWAY Rose jerks back from the girl skateboarder's (Mehmet (4)) face. Her back arches and she cries out. She collapses to the side. The two girls lay there, very still. Blood leaks from the girl skateboarder's nose, and from the corner of Rose's mouth. Vanessa stands there. VANESSA Holy shit. THE END 31.